Presidential Quotes: Andrew Johnson

 Andrew Johnson, 17th US President

“Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality.”

“Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects.”

“Let us look forward to the time when we can take the flag of our country and nail it below the Cross, and there let it wave as it waved in the olden times, and let us gather around it and inscribed for our motto: 'Liberty and Union, one and inseparable, now and forever,' and exclaim, 'Christ first, our country next!'”

“The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.”

“Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.”

“I have reached the summit of my ambition.”